Window



WINDOW.

I iii MMI A.. H. REDHBPPER & J. P. HIGLEY.

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, AGNES il. REHEFFER AND JOHN l). HGLEY, OF ST. iOUiS, BHSSOURT.

window.

SPEGICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,466, dated April 30, 1895.

replication filed February 25, 1895- Serirtl No. 539,656. (El: model.)

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Be it known that we, AGNES il. Rnnnnrnnn end JOHN P. HIGLEY, of the cityof St. Louis, hate o t' Mi'isournhave invented certain new and useful improvements in "Vindows, of which the following is n full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the eccompanying drawings forming e part hereof. 1 'ine o'oject of our invention is to provide improved means, whereby window-sash may he opened inwardly. The invention consists in the novel coustruoton, eom'oinzition and arrangement of te. hereinafter specified and designated in claim. in the drawings, Figure l is an elevation o' e window having our invention applied thereto, looking from the interior of e. room, parte oeing broken away and shown in seo- Inon.

zo v Fig. 2 is en enlarged sectional pien v1 teken on the line 2 :2 ol Fig. l, 'out wim the looking-key blade ot the lower sztsh in a different position. Fig, 3 is a sectional plan view on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, but with 1:: @he locking-key blade of thelowersashin the fr' te position es shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa il view, in perspective, ot" our improved 'ugkey Fig, 5 is en enlarged sectional View tali-en on the line 5 5 of Fig. l. 6 is enlarged sectional elevation odgrh the casing of the looking-lieyind its ndjnceni ports. Fig. is en enlor'fefl vier?, nective, oi 'the opper end of o e of the ling hers. i l indicates the usual jeinos of the window f1 ane; '2, the inside finish of the same; the gli, the upper sash, and 5 the lower sash. lzlecured upon the jambe l are guide-strips end pertingstops 7. A i-shztped groove is :ned between the inner edge of the strips 'iand the porting-stops 7, alike on each side et the Window. Mounted Within the "i"- shaped grooves on one sido of the Window "shaped sliding oars 8, one for the uph and one for the lower sash. "The here 8 are provided their upper .s with the nsnal corte-groove 9 and the zal oord l0, and counter-@dancing weights fomccted to the sliding bers for the purot counter-balancing the sash. The ex- 1E the groove 9 in seid sliding hers is inby dotted lines in Fig. 7.

On the opposite side of the window from that upon which thesliding barsSare mounted, are additional sliding bars ll which are also T-shaped in crossseotion and mounted to slide in the Tshnped grooves of the freine. The bars ll are also fitted with the usual counter-balancing cords and Weights in a man ner similar to that just described in connection Witn the bars 8.

One edge of the upper sash 4 is hinged hy means of common hinges l2 to the upper one of the bars ll, and the lower sash 5 is hinged at one edge to the other one of the bars 1l by means of hinges l2, so that said sash may swing inward. Vertical projections on the said hors ll. lit into vertical reoessesin the adjacent edges of said Sash, to form a tight joint and exclude dust and. rain. The opposite edges of seid sash are beveled and adapted io engage a beveled face formed on the adjacent edge of the hairs S.

A spring-holt 13 is mounted in a suitable casing leone upon the rontfece'of each sash, and is normally urged outward hy means of Si suitable spring l5, to engage thekoeper 16, for the purpose of looking tho sash to the :idjacent bar S, so that during theoperation hereinafter mentioned, the said sash and bar will slide together. The bolt 13 is provided with a suitable knob or handle 17 by ineens of which said bolt may he retrnctcdwhen it is desired to opentlie sash. The outer end of said holt is beveled in the usuel manner, so that in closing the sash said beveled end may engage the keeper 16, and the bolt thoroby loe automatically retracted.

Mounted in e. suitable recess 1S formed in.

The screw-threaded portion of the key 2l is threaded through o metal face-plate 2t `which is secured in position upon the fece olf the inside finish 2, and the said key pessestl'rrough a suitable aperture formed in said iinish and IOO 

